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BBC challenges inquiry into antisemitism in Labour under Jeremy Corbyn

The corporation believes that the so-called Forde Report wrongly criticised claims made in its 2019 exposé on Jew hatred in the party

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October 13, 2022 13:54

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND - JANUARY 29: Former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the 50th Anniversary Annual Lecture of Bloody Sunday at the Guildhall on January 29, 2022 in Londonderry, also known as Derry, Northern Ireland. The Bogside Massacre that came to be known as Bloody Sunday, took place on 30th January 1972. British Soldiers shot at 26 unarmed civilians taking part in a protest march, killing 14. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Al Jazeera’s central allegation against my BBC programme can be easily debunked

Timeline of messages between party officials and Jeremy Corbyn’s office show the former leader's supporters claim there was no 'unwarranted meddling in antisemitism case' to be wholly untrue

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October 13, 2022 13:52

Al Jazeera’s central allegation against my BBC programme can be easily debunked

Europe

Security group condemned for inviting Cage to speak at summit

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe invited controversial advocacy outfit to conference last week

1 min read

October 13, 2022 13:48

Asim Qureshi of campaign group Cage gestures as he addresses a press conference in London on February 26, 2015 in which he spoke of the history since 2009 of Kuwaiti-born London computer programmer Mohammed Emwazi, identified by experts and the media as masked Islamic State militant "Jihadi John". "Jihadi John", the masked Islamic State militant apparently responsible for beheading Western hostages, was named on February 26 by experts and the media. The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at London's King's College, a leading resource for studying foreign jihadists, said it believed the identity "to be accurate and correct". AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Holocaust education

Jewish partisan who fought the Nazis battles to preserve forest fort where resistance group lived

Fania Brantsovsky, now 100, escaped the Vilna Ghetto to join 'Avenger' group - now she's fighting to save woodland camp so next generations can learn of their struggle

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October 13, 2022 13:46

Jewish partisan who fought the Nazis battles to preserve forest fort where resistance group lived

Talking to Strangers: An unused car and a flying mobile phone

A redundant Land Rover Defender Tomb Raider and a telecommunications incident on the Westway feature in our columnist's highly eventful week

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October 13, 2022 13:46

Talking to Strangers: An unused car and a flying mobile phone

War

From the archive: The Yom Kippur War in Israel and the UK

From the JC archive on October 12, 1973

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October 13, 2022 13:46

From the archive: The Yom Kippur War in Israel and the UK

Antisemitism

French Jewish history teacher threatened with death in chilling echoes of Samuel Paty case

An investigation has been opened after the death threat targeting a Jewish teacher and his rabbi father was sent to a school south of Paris

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October 13, 2022 13:11

French Jewish history teacher threatened with death in chilling echoes of Samuel Paty case

Lebanon agreement talks take shine off politicos’ holidays

Timing of election should have afforded them a lengthy break but they got called in to study the new gas-field treaty

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October 13, 2022 12:56

Israeli sightseers climb the rock cliff as navy vessels patrol the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), as indirect talks on maritime borders between the two countries, still technically at war, resume under UN and US auspices, on May 4, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Embassies should be in Israel’s true capital city

The JC Leader 14 October 2022

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October 13, 2022 12:46

Dramatic sky over Jerusalem, view from the Olive Mountain, taken shortly before a thunderstorm

The Jewish diaspora is going through an age of mediocrity

A new biography of Joseph Roth shows the contrast with our more affluent, comfortable lifestyles — and the victims of our modern quality of life are great art, music and literature

3 min read

October 13, 2022 12:38

The Jewish diaspora is going through an age of mediocrity

'Utterly sick' Channel 4 plans to potentially destroy Hitler art slammed

An antisemitism campaign group says the show 'risks disrespecting the memories' of Holocaust survivors

3 min read

October 13, 2022 12:32

'Utterly sick' Channel 4 plans to potentially destroy Hitler art slammed

Art

Arab-Israeli student wins competition to design mezuzah for £100m Magen David Adom building

Muslim Muhammad Saadi, 23, beats 14 other contestants to have his design placed in the entrances of state-of-art centre in Ramla

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October 13, 2022 12:26

Arab-Israeli student wins competition to design mezuzah for £100m Magen David Adom building

UK-Israel relations

Hundreds of British Jews back moving UK embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Board of Deputies president's request attracts 500+ signatures within two days, in outpouring of support from Anglo-Jewry

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October 13, 2022 12:25

Hundreds of British Jews back moving UK embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Boy in The Striped Pyjamas author sinks to new low with the melodramatic sequel

Jews in John Boyne's work are reduced to landscape rather than real characters

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October 13, 2022 12:20

Boy in The Striped Pyjamas author sinks to new low with the melodramatic sequel

Amnesty International

Amnesty UK refuses to sack official who likened Israel’s Gaza policies to the Shoah

Charity's 'country coordinator for Israel and Occupied Palestinian territories' retweeted a message asking how video footage showing Israeli youths shouting at a Palestinian woman was 'any different from Nazi Germany'

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October 13, 2022 12:16

Amnesty UK refuses to sack official who likened Israel’s Gaza policies to the Shoah

Germany

Ebay apologises for selling memorabilia from Nazi era

Third Reich knick-knacks are still being traded despite a ban put in place 20 years ago

1 min read

October 13, 2022 12:15

Ebay apologises for selling memorabilia from Nazi era

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